President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will visit the US Indo-Pacific Command headquarters in Hawaii during his weeklong trip to the United States in mid-November where he is likely to raise the South China Sea dispute with top US officials, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Tuesday. Foreign Undersecretary Charles Jose said the president would be in Hawaii from Nov. 18 to Nov. 19 to meet with business leaders and the Filipino community after attending the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) Leaders’ Meeting in San Francisco from Nov. 14 to 17.

Corrales, N. (2023, November 8). Marcos likely to raise South China Sea in US visit. Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A6.